Recipes that make the most of butter
Butter isn’t just for spreading on toast. Use it to make velvety sauces to accompany fish dishes, or in salted caramel for pancakes and of course, in all kinds of baking – from popular loaf cakes to autumnal crumbles.
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Recipes that make the most of butter
Bucatini with XO, butter and parmesan
This quick pasta dish gets a huge boost of umami from XO sauce, all brought together with plenty of butter for a slick and glossy finish.
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Korean recipes
Doenjang butter lamb chops with spring onion gremolata
Slather juicy lamb chops with umami-rich doenjang butter in this easy Korean recipe from chef Su Scott. Serve with spring onion gremolata.
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Carrots
Roast carrots with floral spiced butter
Roast carrots are drizzled with a delicious butter infused with a floral spice blend, bringing out the vegetable's naturally sweet notes.
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Creamy pasta
Chicken alfredo
Creamy and rich with a hint of garlic and dried herbs, this easy chicken alfredo pasta is the ultimate in Italian-American comfort food.
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Teatime traybakes
Blackberry, brown butter and almond squares
Looking for a simple traybake? These almond and blackberry squares are so easy to make, but the brown butter adds an extra level of fancy.
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Radishes
Brown butter radishes and ricotta on toast
The peppery flavour of radishes contrasts beautifully with nutty brown butter and creamy ricotta in this simple lunch recipe.
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Favourite chicken
Spatchcocked crispy-skin chicken with herbs, lemon and garlic
Brined, spatchcocked chicken is a great method for roasting the bird as it really dials up the flavour. Try it for your next Sunday roast.
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Homemade pasta
Silk handkerchief pasta with dill, brown butter and lemon
Silk handkerchief pasta (fazzoletti) is easy to make and cut out. Nutty browned butter adds toastiness alongside dill and zesty lemon.
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Air fryer
Air fryer baked potatoes
If you like your baked potatoes extra crisp, an air fryer is the way to go – it cuts the jacket potato baking time in half.
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Biscuits
Manon Lagrève’s palets bretons
Manon Lagrève shares her recipe for palets bretons. These golden, seriously buttery shortbread biscuits hail from Brittany in France.
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Flatbreads
Easy flatbreads with cumin seed butter
Yogurt keeps these super easy flatbreads pillowy and soft, while cumin seeds add fragrant warmth. Brush with warm cumin-seed butter to serve.
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French toast
Cinnamon French toast
Making a quick flavoured butter packed with cinnamon’s gentle warmth really takes French toast up a notch – it’s a real weekend treat.
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Recipes that make the most of butter
Brown butter pumpkin salad with pomegranate and burrata
This autumnal pumpkin salad with hazlenuts and burrata is brought to life with a magical brown butter and sherry vinegar dressing.
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Pears
Pear and brown butter strudel
This easy pear strudel – flavoured with nutty brown butter, cinnamon and brandy-soaked sultanas – is a fantastic dessert for feeding a crowd
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Celeriac
Celeriac and brown butter soup with crispy kale
This luxurious celeriac soup sees the root vegetable bathed in brown butter, adding incredible depth of flavour and subtle sweetness.
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Pork recipes from around the world
Buttermilk pork chops with brown butter mash
These perfectly marinated, buttermilk pork chops are cooked in browned butter, which you then fold through the mash. What a luxury!
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